Adler's AICE Blog

  Another case of editing the script to make the opening feel more comedic was replacing the picture of one of the characters with a stick figure. This part of film is suppose to be the criminal file of the main antagonist. The idea was to print out a regular picture of Matthew and putting on the folder to make it look more like a criminal file, but after finding out that Max's printer wasn't working we replaced it with a stick figure and incorporated the broken printer into the actual film.

Me and my friends, Matthew, and Max started filming last week Saturday. After we decided to start filming at Max's house we recorded most of the important takes for the majority of the opening and I'm not sure if we need to record again this week. I ultimately ended up not sticking with what I first outlined in my storyboard, so me and my friends ended up drafting an entirely new opening after about 40 minutes of brainstorming. This is a screencap of one of scenes with my character after interrogating the main antagonist of the film. After recording we also decided to keep small stuff that might make the film look amateur to give it a more comedic feel. Stuff like deciding to keep my tie crooked in this scene to make my character seem as unprofessional as possible was on of those things.

Actors: I'm planning on working by myself and with Max, a friend of mine. Costumes: I'm probably going to be wearing a white dress shirt, black tie, and fedora (which we can get from a thrift store). Max is probably going to wear just casual clothing since this is supposed to be a parody Props: Office lamp and old rotary phone and typewriter. Some papers and manila folders. Locations: Max's house Dates and Times: February 7th send Max the first draft of my script so he has an idea of what he's going to do. February 15th start filming in Max's house Scripts: The script is not completed yet since I'm still trying to make it funny while also keeping the film noir style of talking as well. Film Equipment: Filming is going to be on my phone but since I don't have a tripod so we're probably going to try to make a tripod out of the stuff we can find, or borrow one if one of our friends has one.